Science Source Feb 2010
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In January of 2008 the MESSENGER spacecraft transmitted to Earth the first high-resolution image of Mercury by a spacecraft in over 30 years, since the three Mercury fly-bys of Mariner 10 in 1974 and 1975. MESSENGER's Wide Angle Camera, (WAC), part of the Mercury Dual Imaging System, (MDIS), is equipped with 11 narrow-band color filters, in contrast to the two visible-light filters and one ultraviolet filter that were on Mariner 10's vidicon camera. By combining images taken through different filters in the visible and infrared, the MESSENGER data allow Mercury to be seen in a variety of high-resolution color views not previously possible. MESSENGER's eyes can see far beyond the color range of the human eye, and the colors seen in the accompanying image are somewhat different from what a human would see.
2010-02-13
EAST NEWS
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